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Christian Nationalists Taking Political Center Stage

Christian nationalists like Senate candidate Roy Moore argue that the United States was established as a Christian nation, to be governed by Christian principles.
The Ten Commandments monument that was removed from the Alabama Judicial Building is on display in 2004.

From the U.S. Senate race in Alabama to the tax debate in the U.S. Congress, the role of religion in American politics is once again front and center.

In Alabama, Republican candidate Roy Moore is an unabashed Christian nationalist, arguing that the United States was established as a Christian nation, to be governed by Christian principles.

"I do believe what the Bible says, and I believe for our. "I have vowed, when I go to Washington, D.C., as a United States senator, to take a knowledge of the Constitution and the God upon whom it is founded."

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